adminFarmers urged to plant short season varieties
Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Agriculture experts have advised farmers to speed up planting of short season varieties and late season crops so that they can catch up with time. Experts…
Day-old chicks output rises to 4,8 percent
Business Reporter PRODUCTION of day-old chicks in Zimbabwe increased by 4,8 percent to 96 million for the period January to December 2022 this year from 91,6 million in 2021 in…
Gweru records a surge in condom use
Midlands Bureau GWERU district has recorded a surge in condom use with over 600 000 condoms distributed since January. Condom uptake is said to be increasing because of Condom Champions…
‘2022 successful year for athletics’
Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter NATIONAL Athletics Association of Zimbabwe president Tendai Tagara feels the year 2022 came with improved fortunes as athletics recovered well post-Covid-19. The association managed to…
300 SME’s ripe for formalisation
Sikhulekelani Moyo Bulawayo Bureau GOVERNMENT is facilitating formalisation of about 300 informal businesses in the next three months while training and awareness campaigns continue to be rolled out countrywide to…
Dip tanks rehabilitation, construction give villagers hope
Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau FOR Mrs Tsigirai Marume of Chirikiti Village in Sanyati’s Ward 8, losing her livestock herd to Anthrax and January Disease in 2020 was a huge…
Slashing input prices: Goodwill gesture or something else?
Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight WHILE the recent move by agro-input suppliers to reduce prices of basic agricultural inputs may have literally made it easy for farmers to access the commodities, it…
Good feeling for Bennett on first-class debut
Sports Reporter IT may not have been the most fitting way to introduce himself on the big stage of domestic cricket, but former Zimbabwe Under-19 cricketer Brian Bennett was excited…
Zim on high alert as African armyworm moths spotted
Elton Manguwo THE Government has called on farmers to be on the lookout for the African army worm (Spodoptera) following reports of an outbreak of the pest in Malawi. Department…
Cottco begins roll out of Going4Growth theme
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer IN a move anchored on its erstwhile promise, Cottco is actualising its 2023 agriculture creed and theme titled Going4Growth as they use figures on what…